Kungani sibambelele ku-1914 ngamandla kangaka? Akungenxa yokuthi kwagqashuka impi ngalowo nyaka? Impi enkulu impela, lapho. Empeleni, “impi yokuqeda zonke izimpi.” Phonsela inselelo u-1914 kuFakazi ojwayelekile futhi ngeke beze kuwe ngezimpikiswano eziphikisayo mayelana nokuphela kwezikhathi zabezizwe noma ngisho nango-607 BCE nangalokho okubizwa ngeminyaka eyi-2,520 1914 yesiprofetho. Into yokuqala efikayo engqondweni ngeJW ejwayelekile ukuthi, “Kufanele kube ngu-XNUMX, akunjalo? Yilowo nyaka kwagqashuka iMpi Yezwe I. Lokho ukuqala kwezinsuku zokugcina. ”
URussell wayenezinsuku eziningi zokubaluleka okungokwesiprofetho — eyodwa ize ibuyele emuva kwi18th Ikhulu leminyaka. Sibashiye bonke, kodwa munye. Ngikuphonsela inselelo yokuthi uthole uFakazi oyedwa kwabayinkulungwane owazi noma ngubani wabo, ngaphandle kuka-1914. Kungani simgcine lowo? Hhayi ngenxa yeminyaka engu-2,520 587. Izazi zezwe ziyavuma ukuthi u-1934 BCE usuku lokudingiswa kwamaJuda, ngakho-ke besingakuthola kalula lokho futhi sizinikeze ngo-24 ekuqaleni kobukhona bukaKristu. Kodwa-ke asikunikanga lokho ukucabanga komzuzwana. Kungani? Futhi, ukuqondana kweMpi Enkulu okwenzeka ngawo kanye lo nyaka esasimemezele emhlabeni wonke njengoba ukuqala koSizi Olukhulu kwakukuhle kakhulu ukuthi kudluliswe. Noma bekuzenzakalele? Sithi CHA! Kodwa kungani? Akukho lutho ekuchazeni kwethu imiBhalo okuphakamisa ukuthi impi eyodwa enkulu emhlabeni izobeka ukubekwa esihlalweni sobukhosi okungabonakali kukaKristu. UMathewu isahluko 1914 ukhuluma “ngezimpi nemibiko yezimpi”. Izimpi eziningi! Zimbili kuphela izimpi ezabikwa ngo-XNUMX, eyodwa indlala nokuzamazama komhlaba okukodwa. Akusikhukhulisi neze emnyangweni wokugcwaliseka okungokwesiprofetho.
Ah, kepha sathi iMpi Yezwe yasigcwalisa isiprofetho esihlobene nokubekwa kukaKristu esihlalweni sobukhosi ezulwini. Sithi kudalwe nguSathane owaxoshwa ezulwini njengesenzo sokuqala seNkosi esanda kubekwa esihlalweni. Lokhu kwamcasula uSathane futhi kwaletha umaye emhlabeni nasolwandle. Inkinga ngalokhu kuchazwa ukuthi ukulandelana kwezikhathi akusebenzi. UDeveli ngabe waphonswa phansi isikhathi esithile ngemuva kokubekwa esihlalweni sobukhosi ngo-Okthoba, 1914, kepha kwagqashuka iMpi ngo-Agasti walowo nyaka.[i]  (IsAm. 12: 9, 12)
Ukube u-1914 wayedlulile kungenzeki lutho olubalulekile ezingeni lomhlaba, ungabheja ukuthi imfundiso yethu ngalowo nyaka ngabe yehliswe buthule njengoba kwakungu-1925 no-1975. Sikhombisile emakhasini alesi sithangami ukuthi akukho ukusekelwa okungokomBhalo komqondo wokuqala kuka-1914 wokuba khona kukaKristu. Ngakho-ke kwenzeka ngengozi; uhlobo oluthile lwe-serendipity engokwesiprofetho? Noma ingabe i-Organizaion ilungile? Ngabe ngempela nguDeveli odale le mpi? Mhlawumbe wakwenza, kodwa hhayi ngenxa yezizathu esizicabangayo; hhayi ngoba wayethukuthele lapho ephonswe phansi.[Ii]
Isizathu sokuthi sixoxe ngalokhu ukuthi sihlanganyele ekucabangeni okuncane. Manje ngokungafani nalabo-okumele-balalelwe, ukuqagela kwethu yilokho nje-ukuqagela, futhi akukho okunye. Akufanele ukholelwe ukuqagela. Kufanele ugcine engqondweni yakho uma uthola kunengqondo, uhlala ulungele ubufakazi obukuqinisekisayo noma obuphikayo.
Nansi-ke:
Inhloso enkulu kaDeveli ukuqeda imbewu. Lokho kucacile emBhalweni. Enye yezindlela zakhe eziphumelela kakhulu ukonakalisa imbewu. Uhlwanyela "ukhula phakathi kukakolweni". Uyisihlubuki esikhulu futhi wenza konke okusemandleni ukudukisa. Ukubheka emuva kusukela maphakathi ne-19th Ikhulu leminyaka, bekusobala ukuthi wenze umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu wokonakalisa ubuKrestu. Kodwa-ke, ngawo-1800 kwakuyisikhathi sokukhanyiselwa; yomcabango wamahhala nokukhuluma ngokukhululeka. Abaningi babebheka emiBhalweni futhi nezimfundiso zakudala zezihlubuki zaziguqulwa.
Omunye ikakhulukazi owayephawuleka ngalokhu kwakungu-CT Russell. Walahla ngentshiseko futhi kabanzi ukuthi uZiqu-zintathu, isihogo somlilo, nezimfundiso zomphefumulo ezingafi zazingamanga. Wabizela abantu kuKristu futhi wakhuthaza umbono wokuthi ukukhulekela kweqiniso kufanele kukhululeke ekubusweni yisigaba sabefundisi. Wagwema wona kanye umqondo wenkolo ehleliwe. Inkolo ehleliwe yayiyithuluzi elikhulu likaSathane. Beka amadoda ekuphatheni futhi izinto ziqala nje ukungahambi kahle. Inkululeko yokucabanga? Uphenyo olungenamkhawulo ezwini likaNkulunkulu? Konke lokhu kwakuyisiqalekiso eNkosini Yobumnyama. Yini ayengayenza? USathane akanawo amaqhinga amasha. Endala nje evivinywayo futhi iyiqiniso futhi inokwethenjelwa kakhulu. Ngemuva kokubuka abantu abangaphelele cishe iminyaka eyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha, wayazi ukuthi angabusebenzisa kanjani ubuthakathaka bethu.
URussell, njengezikhathi zakhe eziningi, wayethanda ukubala izinombolo. Kubukeka sengathi uBarbour, umMillerite (Adventist) wambeka kuleyo ndlela. Umcabango wokucacisa izimfihlo okuthiwa zifihlekile zemiBhalo wawukhanga kakhulu ukuba ungamelana nawo. URussell wagcina ejuba wangena eGibhithe futhi wadweba izibalo ngokulandelana kwezilinganiso zepiramidi enkulu yaseGiza. Ngezinye izindlela eziningi wayeyisibonelo esivelele somfundi kaKristu, kepha wehluleka ukulandela umyalo weBhayibheli wokuzama ukwazi izikhathi nezinkathi uBaba azibekele zona ngokomthetho wakhe. (Izenzo 1: 6,7) Akukho ukweqa kukho. Awukwazi ukungazinaki noma iziphi izeluleko zikaNkulunkulu, noma ngabe izinhloso zakho zizinhle kangakanani, futhi ulindele ukuthi uzofika ungalimele.
Lokhu kuthatheka ngezinombolo kumele kubonakale kuSathane njengesikhali esifanelekile ukusisebenzisa kithi. Nangu umkhohlisi omkhulu ayebhekene nomphakathi wamaKrestu abuyela kancane kancane ezimfundisweni zikaKristu futhi azikhulule ebugqilini benkolo yamanga. Khumbula, uma inani lenzalo seligcwalisiwe, isikhathi sikaSathane sesiphelile. (IsAm. 6:11) Khuluma ngentukuthelo yakho enkulu yokuba nesikhathi esincane.
Abafundi beBhayibheli babekhuphuka ngesibalo sokugcina nesibaluleke kakhulu kuzo zonke izinsuku zabo. Ngemuva kokubethela imibala yabo kumantshi, uma kungenzeka yehluleke, bazofika nomsila wabo phakathi kwemilenze yabo. (Thethelela isingathekiso esixubekile, kodwa ngingumuntu nje.) UmKristu othobekile ungumKristu ofundisekayo. Bekuzoba nzima kithina, kepha besizoba ngcono kakhulu ngakho. Kodwa-ke, uma ebengasenza sicabange ukuthi sizokuthola kahle, empeleni ubezosenza sikwazi. Njengomgembuli osezoyeka unomphela ngoba ulahlekelwe cishe yikho konke, kodwa ukubheja kwakhe kokugcina kuthola isikhathi esikhulu, singavele siqiniswe yimpumelelo.
UDeveli kwakungafanele aqagele. Wayazi unyaka esasiwuqagela njengokuqala kosizi olukhulu. Yini engaba ngcono kunokuba isinikeze 'impi yokuqeda zonke izimpi'. Impi enkulu kunazo zonke ezake zaba khona. Kuzofanele asebenze kukho. Akabaphathi ohulumeni njengomashiqela othile ohlanyayo. Cha, angaba nethonya nokukhohlisa kuphela, kodwa muhle impela ekwenzeni lokho. Ube nezinkulungwane zeminyaka yokusebenza. Imicimbi ekhiqize iMpi Yezwe Yokuqala yayiyiminyaka isenziwa. Kukhona incwadi enhle kakhulu ebizwa ngokuthi Izibhamu zika-Agasti leyo mininingwane yokwakhiwa. Kwesinye isikhathi kumicimbi engasho lutho inkambo yama-20th Ikhulu leminyaka lishintshiwe. Uchungechunge olumangazayo lokuhlukumezeka oluboshwe ndawonye olubandakanya ukundiza komkhumbi wempi waseJalimane, i Goeben. Shintsha eyodwa yazo futhi inkambo yomlando wezwe ibizoguqulwa kakhulu. Okwehlela lowo mkhumbi kwaba nesandla ekuletheni iTurkey empini, ihudula nayo, iBulgaria, iRumania, i-Italy, neGrisi. Lokhu kudale ukuthi ukuthunyelwa kwangaphandle kanye nokungeniswa kuphele cishe eRussia, kwaba negalelo elikhulu ekuguqulweni kuka-1917 nayo yonke imiphumela yako. Kwaholela ekuqothulweni kombuso wase-Ottoman futhi kwaholela emlandweni olandelayo we-Middle East osikhathazayo kuze kube namuhla. Ithuba eliyimpumputhe, noma ukukhohlisa okuhle? Ukuziphendukela kwemvelo noma umklamo ohlakaniphile?
Yiba yijaji. Iqiniso ukuthi impi isinikeze isizathu sokukholelwa ukuthi siyitholile ilungile. Vele, usizi olukhulu aluzange lufike ngalowo nyaka. Kepha kulula ukusho ukuthi sikutholile kahle kepha funda kabi ukufezeka kwangempela kunokuvuma ukuthi akukaze kube khona ukugcwaliseka nhlobo.
Sihlatshwe umxhwele yimpumelelo yethu, u-Rutherford — engazishayi mkhuba uma kuziwa ekuchazeni okungokwesiprofetho okusekelwe ekubaleni izinombolo — wakhetha ukushumayela e1918 ukuthi maphakathi neshumi leminyaka elilandelayo, usizi olukhulu lwaluzophela.[Iii]  U-1925 bekuzoba unyaka lapho abantu abadala basendulo — abanjengo-Abrahama, uJobe noDavide — babezobuyela ekuphileni babuse. “Izigidi eziphilayo manje azisoze zafa!” kwaba isimemezelo sempi. Kwakunezizathu eziningi zokuba nesibindi. Sino-1914 kahle, ngemuva kwakho konke. Kulungile, ngakho-ke u-1925 wehlulekile. Kodwa sasisenaye u-1914, kuya phambili nangaphezulu!
Yeka ukuthi lokhu kwakuyisiphetho sikaDeveli kanjani. Usiphambukisile ekubekeni ithemba lethu ezibalweni zamadoda. URutherford wathatha ukuhola futhi inhlangano evulekile yamabandla obuKristu ngaphansi kukaRussell alethwe eNhlanganweni eqinile lapho iqiniso lalihanjiswa ngumuntu oyedwa futhi ekugcineni iqembu elilodwa elincane lamadoda — njengazo zonke izinkolo ezihleliwe. URutherford wasebenzisa amandla akhe ukusidukisa ngokuqhubekayo ngenkolelo yokuthi sasingewona amadodana kaNkulunkulu, kodwa singabangane nje. Kwakungu "bantwana bakaNkulunkulu" uDeveli ayebesaba. Ziqukethe imbewu futhi imbewu izomchoboza ekhanda. (Gen. 3:15) Ulwa nembewu. (IsAm. 12:17) Angathanda ukubenza banyamalale ngokuphelele.
Inkolelo yokuthi u-1914 ubekwe edwaleni lwenze abaholi bethu abangabantu bakwazi ukuhlanganisa ezinye iziphrofetho kulowo nyaka, ukhiye wayo okuwukuqokwa kwesigaba senceku ukuhola abantu bakaJehova njengomzila wakhe owodwa wokuxhumana. Ukungaboni ngaso linye nabo nganoma yiziphi izizathu kubhekwana nakho kanzima kakhulu: ukunqanyulwa ngokuphelele kuwo wonke umndeni nabangane.
Futhi manje silapha, eminyakeni eyikhulu kamuva, sisabambelele ngenkani emfundisweni ehlulekile, okusonteka imibhalo efana noMathe. I-24: I-34 ukuze ihambisane nemfundiso yenkolo yethu eqhubekayo yobuthakathaka.
Konke lokhu kwenziwa kwaba khona ngesikhathi esifanele seMpi Yezwe Yokuqala. Kuphuthe ukucacisa okuphelele ngezinyanga ezimbili kuphela, kepha-ke, uSathane akanakho ukulawula okuphelele. Noma kunjalo, lokho kuphuthelwa okuncane kwakunganakwa yilabo ababezimisele ukuthola ukusekelwa kokubikezela kwabo.
Cabanga nje ukuthi bekungenzekani ukube iMpi ibingafikanga eminye iminyaka emihlanu noma eyishumi. Mhlawumbe ngaleso sikhathi ngabe sesiyeke lolu thando olungenampilo lwezinombolo futhi saqiniswa okholweni lweqiniso.
"Ukube bekufisa sengathi bekungamahhashi, izimbongi bezingagibela."


[i] Muva nje sesihlehlile buthule kule mfundiso ngenxa yaleli qiniso. Impi ayigcinanga nje ezinyangeni ezimbili ngaphambi kokubekwa esihlalweni sobukhosi kwasezulwini, kepha ayizange iphume ize. Izizwe bezilungiselela impi isikhathi esingaphezu kweminyaka eyishumi. Lokho kungasho ukuthi ulaka lukaDeveli lwandulela ukuxoshwa kwakhe okungenani iminyaka eyishumi. Sasivame ukuphikisa ngokuthi uDeveli wayiqala kusenesikhathi ukuze adideke lolu daba, kepha ngaphandle kokuba yimpikiswano, ilishaya indiva iqiniso lokuthi uDeveli kwakuzodingeka azi kusengaphambili usuku nehora lokubekwa kukaKristu nokuba khona kwakhe. Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi uDeveli azi imininingwane izinceku zikaJehova ezithembekile ezazingayazi. Ingabe lokhu bekungeke kube ukwehluleka ukugcwaliseka kuka-Amose 3: 7? Khumbula ukuthi besicabanga ukuthi ubukhona buqale ngo-1874 kanti kuze kwaba ngo-1929 lapho saqala khona ukufundisa u-1914 njengesiqalo sokuba khona kwakhe.
[Ii] Unyaka uqobo lokuxoshwa kukaDeveli ezulwini awunakwaziwa ngokuqiniseka okwamanje. Kunesisekelo sokucabanga ukuthi kwenzeka ngekhulu lokuqala, kepha impikiswano nayo ingenziwa ngokugcwaliseka kwesikhathi esizayo. Noma ngabe yikuphi, abukho ubufakazi obusekela u-1914 njengonyaka okwenzeka ngawo.
[Iii] Asizange siwushiye umbono wokuthi usizi olukhulu luqale e-1914 kuze kwaba imihlangano yezizwe ye-1969.

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